Stakeholder Engagement Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Stakeholder Engagement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 41 88
Rank change year-on-year +11 +47 +42
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 142 84 37
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.81% 4.67% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.77% 4.98% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 64 28
10th Percentile £341 £416 £389
25th Percentile £481 £491 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.67% -10.86%
75th Percentile £653 £688 £650
90th Percentile £793 £780 £703
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £513
% change year-on-year -8.33% +17.07% -16.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.25 - -
Median hourly rate £74.50 - -
75th Percentile £76.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £66.71 - £27.81

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Stakeholder Engagement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,099 1,687 1,944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.85% 93.88% 91.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,422 1,080 1,349
10th Percentile £365 £350 £363
25th Percentile £451 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.77% -2.62% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £560
% change year-on-year - -1.79% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 20 15
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.02 £20.04
25th Percentile £18.18 £24.43 £20.36
Median hourly rate £19.50 £29.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.45% +10.19% -22.86%
75th Percentile £42.13 £50.75 £40.92
90th Percentile £59.72 £66.25 £67.35
Central London median hourly rate £24.47 £31.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -21.08% +11.47% -20.54%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Stakeholder Engagement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Stakeholder Engagement job vacancy trend in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement within the City of London region over the 6 months to 3 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge - 1 £550 -
Stakeholder Engagement
Central London

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (4.93%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.23%) Confluence
3 2 (1.41%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.70%) Apache
4 1 (0.70%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (7.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (3.52%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.41%) Aladdin
1 2 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.41%) Loan IQ
1 2 (1.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.70%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.70%) Maximo
2 1 (0.70%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.70%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.70%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.70%) SAP FI-AR
2 1 (0.70%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.70%) SAP QM
2 1 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 32 (22.54%) Azure
2 21 (14.79%) Power Platform
3 17 (11.97%) AWS
4 9 (6.34%) SaaS
5 7 (4.93%) GCP
6 5 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (2.82%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (2.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (2.82%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (2.11%) Amazon Bedrock
8 3 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.11%) GitHub
8 3 (2.11%) Serverless
9 2 (1.41%) Amazon MSK
9 2 (1.41%) Amazon SageMaker
9 2 (1.41%) AWS Step Functions
9 2 (1.41%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.11%) Network Security
2 1 (0.70%) Firewall
2 1 (0.70%) IP Telephony
2 1 (0.70%) LAN
2 1 (0.70%) NAS
2 1 (0.70%) PSTN
2 1 (0.70%) SAN
2 1 (0.70%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (0.70%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.70%) VLAN
2 1 (0.70%) VoIP
2 1 (0.70%) WAN
2 1 (0.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.56%) Power BI
2 7 (4.93%) Metadata
3 5 (3.52%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (1.41%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.41%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (1.41%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.70%) Big Data
5 1 (0.70%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.70%) DataStage
5 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.70%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.70%) Power Query
5 1 (0.70%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (11.27%) JIRA
2 2 (1.41%) GitLab
2 2 (1.41%) Zephyr
3 1 (0.70%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.70%) JUnit
3 1 (0.70%) Mockito
3 1 (0.70%) Selenium
General
1 65 (45.77%) Social Skills
2 52 (36.62%) Finance
3 30 (21.13%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (16.90%) Public Sector
5 14 (9.86%) Banking
6 7 (4.93%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.82%) Police
9 3 (2.11%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.11%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.41%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.41%) Legal
10 2 (1.41%) Local Government
10 2 (1.41%) Marketing
10 2 (1.41%) Retail
11 1 (0.70%) Military
11 1 (0.70%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 25 (17.61%) Analyst
2 23 (16.20%) Architect
3 20 (14.08%) Lead
4 16 (11.27%) Business Analyst
4 16 (11.27%) Senior
5 15 (10.56%) Project Manager
6 8 (5.63%) Data Architect
7 7 (4.93%) Consultant
8 6 (4.23%) Security Architect
9 5 (3.52%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
9 5 (3.52%) Change Manager
9 5 (3.52%) Data Analyst
9 5 (3.52%) Security Manager
9 5 (3.52%) Strategy Architect
9 5 (3.52%) Strategy Manager
10 4 (2.82%) Data Engineer
10 4 (2.82%) Delivery Manager
10 4 (2.82%) Enterprise Architect
10 4 (2.82%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (2.82%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.82%) PySpark
2 2 (1.41%) .NET
2 2 (1.41%) LangChain
2 2 (1.41%) LangGraph
2 2 (1.41%) Playwright
2 2 (1.41%) PyTorch
2 2 (1.41%) scikit-learn
2 2 (1.41%) Spring
2 2 (1.41%) Spring Boot
2 2 (1.41%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.70%) EDI
3 1 (0.70%) JSON
3 1 (0.70%) Kafka
3 1 (0.70%) Middleware
3 1 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.70%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.70%) RESTful
3 1 (0.70%) Spring MVC
3 1 (0.70%) XML
3 1 (0.70%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.75%) Product Ownership
2 8 (5.63%) Cloud Native
3 4 (2.82%) AI Agents
3 4 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (2.82%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.82%) Security Posture
3 4 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (2.11%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.41%) Derivative
5 2 (1.41%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.70%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.70%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.70%) Market Risk
6 1 (0.70%) Reference Data
6 1 (0.70%) Replication
6 1 (0.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.11%) Linux
2 2 (1.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (25.35%) Stakeholder Management
2 34 (23.94%) Agile
3 29 (20.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 26 (18.31%) AI
4 26 (18.31%) Decision-Making
5 24 (16.90%) Analytics
6 22 (15.49%) Migration
6 22 (15.49%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (14.79%) Roadmaps
8 19 (13.38%) Business Intelligence
9 17 (11.97%) Project Delivery
10 15 (10.56%) Change Management
10 15 (10.56%) Project Management
11 14 (9.86%) CI/CD
11 14 (9.86%) DevOps
11 14 (9.86%) Requirements Gathering
12 13 (9.15%) Cybersecurity
12 13 (9.15%) Data Modelling
12 13 (9.15%) Validation
13 12 (8.45%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.15%) SQL
2 12 (8.45%) Python
3 4 (2.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (2.11%) Bicep
4 3 (2.11%) C#
4 3 (2.11%) Java
5 2 (1.41%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.70%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.70%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.70%) Scala
6 1 (0.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 27 (19.01%) Security Cleared
2 23 (16.20%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.34%) Degree
4 5 (3.52%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.11%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.11%) PMP
6 2 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.41%) CEH
6 2 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.41%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.41%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.70%) APMG
7 1 (0.70%) CHECK Team Leader
7 1 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.70%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.70%) IIBA
7 1 (0.70%) OSCP
7 1 (0.70%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.56%) Data Quality
2 13 (9.15%) QA
3 9 (6.34%) PMO
4 8 (5.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (5.63%) NIST
5 6 (4.23%) GDPR
6 5 (3.52%) NCSC
7 4 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (2.11%) SLA
9 2 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (1.41%) GRC
9 2 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.70%) COBIT
10 1 (0.70%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.70%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.70%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.70%) Solvency II
System Software
1 3 (2.11%) Docker
2 2 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.70%) NFS
Systems Management
1 5 (3.52%) Kubernetes
1 5 (3.52%) Terraform
2 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.70%) EMC VPLEX
3 1 (0.70%) Grafana
3 1 (0.70%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.70%) vMotion
Vendors
1 32 (22.54%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.34%) Databricks
3 8 (5.63%) ServiceNow
4 7 (4.93%) SAP
5 3 (2.11%) Oracle
5 3 (2.11%) Remedy
5 3 (2.11%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.41%) BMC
6 2 (1.41%) Cisco
6 2 (1.41%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.41%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.41%) VMware
7 1 (0.70%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.70%) Freshdesk
7 1 (0.70%) Google
7 1 (0.70%) IFS
7 1 (0.70%) Palantir
7 1 (0.70%) Planon
7 1 (0.70%) Pure Storage
7 1 (0.70%) Qualtrics